diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/burp/BurpExtender.kt b/src/main/kotlin/burp/BurpExtender.kt
index 82b006f..19e1fc7 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/burp/BurpExtender.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/burp/BurpExtender.kt
@@ -20,15 +20,35 @@ package burp
 
 import java.net.URL
 import java.util.*
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
 
 const val NAME = "Log4Shell scanner"
 
-class BurpExtender : IBurpExtender, IScannerCheck {
+class BurpExtender : IBurpExtender, IScannerCheck, IExtensionStateListener {
 
     private lateinit var callbacks: IBurpExtenderCallbacks
     private lateinit var helpers: IExtensionHelpers
     private lateinit var collaborator: IBurpCollaboratorClientContext
 
+    private val crontab: ConcurrentHashMap<String, Pair<IHttpRequestResponse, IntArray>> = ConcurrentHashMap()
+    private val thread: Thread = object : Thread() {
+        override fun run() {
+            try {
+                while (true) {
+                    sleep(60 * 1000) // 60 seconds -- poll every minute
+                    val interactions = collaborator.fetchAllCollaboratorInteractions().groupBy { it.getProperty("interaction_id") }
+                    for (entry in interactions.entries) {
+                        val payload = entry.key
+                        val (hrr, poff) = crontab[payload] ?: continue
+                        handleInteractions(hrr, poff, entry.value, sync = false).forEach(callbacks::addScanIssue)
+                    }
+                }
+            } catch (ex: InterruptedException) {
+                return
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     override fun registerExtenderCallbacks(callbacks: IBurpExtenderCallbacks) {
         this.callbacks = callbacks
         helpers = callbacks.helpers
@@ -36,6 +56,7 @@ class BurpExtender : IBurpExtender, IScannerCheck {
 
         callbacks.setExtensionName(NAME)
         callbacks.registerScannerCheck(this)
+        callbacks.registerExtensionStateListener(this)
     }
 
     override fun doPassiveScan(baseRequestResponse: IHttpRequestResponse?): MutableList<IScanIssue> =
@@ -47,18 +68,24 @@ class BurpExtender : IBurpExtender, IScannerCheck {
         val request = insertionPoint!!.buildRequest(bytes)
         val poff = insertionPoint.getPayloadOffsets(bytes)
         val hrr = callbacks.makeHttpRequest(baseRequestResponse!!.httpService, request)
-        // TODO launch a thread to handle background events
-        return handleInteractions(hrr, poff, payload)
+        val interactions = handleInteractions(hrr, poff,
+                collaborator.fetchCollaboratorInteractionsFor(payload), sync = true)
+        crontab[payload] = Pair(hrr, poff)
+        synchronized(thread) {
+            if (!thread.isAlive) thread.start()
+        }
+        return interactions
     }
 
-    private fun handleInteractions(hrr: IHttpRequestResponse, poff: IntArray, payload: String): MutableList<IScanIssue> {
-        val interactions = collaborator.fetchCollaboratorInteractionsFor(payload)
+    private fun handleInteractions(hrr: IHttpRequestResponse, poff: IntArray,
+                                   interactions: List<IBurpCollaboratorInteraction>,
+                                   sync: Boolean): MutableList<IScanIssue> {
         if (interactions.isEmpty()) return Collections.emptyList()
         val iri = helpers.analyzeRequest(hrr)
         val markers = callbacks.applyMarkers(hrr, Collections.singletonList(poff), Collections.emptyList())
         return Collections.singletonList(object : IScanIssue {
             override fun getUrl(): URL = iri.url
-            override fun getIssueName(): String = "Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228)"
+            override fun getIssueName(): String = "Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) - " + (if (sync) "synchronous" else "asynchronous")
             override fun getIssueType(): Int = 0x08000000
             override fun getSeverity(): String = "High"
             override fun getConfidence(): String = "Tentative"
@@ -69,7 +96,13 @@ class BurpExtender : IBurpExtender, IScannerCheck {
             override fun getHttpMessages(): Array<IHttpRequestResponse> = arrayOf(markers)
             override fun getHttpService(): IHttpService = hrr.httpService
             override fun getIssueDetail(): String {
-                val sb = StringBuilder("<p>The application interacted with the Collaborator server in response to a request with a Log4Shell payload</p><ul>")
+                val sb = StringBuilder("<p>The application interacted with the Collaborator server <b>")
+                if (sync) {
+                    sb.append("in response to")
+                } else {
+                    sb.append("some time after")
+                }
+                sb.append("</b> a request with a Log4Shell payload</p><ul>")
                 for (interaction in interactions) {
                     sb.append("<li><b>")
                     sb.append(interaction.getProperty("type"))
@@ -81,10 +114,25 @@ class BurpExtender : IBurpExtender, IScannerCheck {
                 }
                 sb.append("</ul><p>This means that the web service (or another node in the network) is affected by this vulnerability. ")
                 sb.append("However, actual exploitability might depend on an attacker-controllable LDAP being reachable over the network.</p>")
+                if (!sync) {
+                    sb.append("<p>Since this interaction occurred <b>some time after the original request</b> (compare " +
+                            "the <code>Date</code> header of the HTTP response vs. the interactions timestamps above), " +
+                            "<b>the vulnerable code might be in another process/codebase or a completely different " +
+                            "host</b> (e.g. centralized logging, SIEM). There might even be multiple instances of " +
+                            "this vulnerability on different pieces of infrastructure given the nature of the bug.</p>")
+                }
                 return sb.toString()
             }
         })
     }
 
     override fun consolidateDuplicateIssues(existingIssue: IScanIssue?, newIssue: IScanIssue?): Int = 0 // TODO could be better
+
+    override fun extensionUnloaded() {
+        synchronized(thread) {
+            if (thread.isAlive) {
+                thread.interrupt()
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }